Harvard slaps down Final Clubs with leadership ban

Harvard slaps down Final Clubs with leadership ban

CAMBRIDGE – Harvard University imposed harsh penalties on off-campus social groups Friday, targeting all-male Final Clubs – some that are centuries old – in the latest attempt by administrators to deal with a purported epidemic of sexual abuse at the Ivy League institution.

Future members of exclusive single-sex social clubs, including fraternities and sororities, will be barred from leadership posts in school-supported groups, including sports teams. They'll also be passed over in recommendations for prestigious post-graduate fellowships such as the Rhodes and Marshall scholar programs in the U.K., according to letters released Friday by President Drew Faust and Dean Rakesh Khurana detailing the sanctions.

Trump will testify in fraud trial, but after Nov. 8
Donald Trump

Trump will testify in fraud trial, but after Nov. 8

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Donald Trump will testify after the presidential election on a class-action lawsuit that accuses the billionaire businessman and his now-defunct Trump University of defrauding people who paid up to $35,000 for real estate seminars, his attorney said Friday.

A federal judge in San Diego set a Nov. 28 trial, raising the possibility that Trump could take the stand as a president-elect if he wins the White House. The presumptive GOP nominee plans to attend most, if not all, of trial and will take the witness stand, Trump lawyer Daniel Petrocelli said.

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